diff --git a/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocEmulated.cpp b/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocEmulated.cpp
index 101a68169ae..5f93d7cba79 100644
--- a/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocEmulated.cpp
+++ b/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocEmulated.cpp
@@ -414,6 +414,8 @@ EmulatedGralloc::~EmulatedGralloc() {
     delete mDevice;
 }
 
+GrallocType EmulatedGralloc::getGrallocType() { return GRALLOC_TYPE_EMULATED; }
+
 uint32_t EmulatedGralloc::createColorBuffer(void*, int width, int height, uint32_t glFormat) {
     auto drmFormat = GlFormatToDrmFormat(glFormat);
     if (!drmFormat) {
diff --git a/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocEmulated.h b/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocEmulated.h
index 686510cf513..70a5f5019fb 100644
--- a/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocEmulated.h
+++ b/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocEmulated.h
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ class EmulatedGralloc : public Gralloc {
    public:
     EmulatedGralloc(VirtGpuDevice* device);
     ~EmulatedGralloc();
+
+    GrallocType getGrallocType() override;
     uint32_t createColorBuffer(void*, int width, int height, uint32_t glFormat) override;
 
     int allocate(uint32_t width, uint32_t height, uint32_t format, uint64_t usage,
diff --git a/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocGoldfish.cpp b/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocGoldfish.cpp
index 6962ab4c108..723279590a9 100644
--- a/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocGoldfish.cpp
+++ b/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocGoldfish.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ uint32_t GoldfishGralloc::createColorBuffer(void* rcEnc, int width, int height,
     return rc->rcCreateColorBuffer(rc, width, height, glformat);
 }
 
+GrallocType GoldfishGralloc::getGrallocType() { return GRALLOC_TYPE_GOLDFISH; }
+
 int GoldfishGralloc::allocate(uint32_t width, uint32_t height, uint32_t format, uint64_t usage,
                               AHardwareBuffer** outputAhb) {
     struct AHardwareBuffer_Desc desc = {
diff --git a/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocGoldfish.h b/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocGoldfish.h
index 2c83afcadfe..508fc49b73a 100644
--- a/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocGoldfish.h
+++ b/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocGoldfish.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ namespace gfxstream {
 
 class GoldfishGralloc : public Gralloc {
    public:
+    GrallocType getGrallocType() override;
     uint32_t createColorBuffer(void* rcEnc, int width, int height, uint32_t glformat) override;
 
     int allocate(uint32_t width, uint32_t height, uint32_t format, uint64_t usage,
diff --git a/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocMinigbm.cpp b/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocMinigbm.cpp
index be62a2bc206..979c7e76028 100644
--- a/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocMinigbm.cpp
+++ b/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocMinigbm.cpp
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ bool getVirtioGpuResourceInfo(int fd, native_handle_t const* handle,
 
 }  // namespace
 
+GrallocType MinigbmGralloc::getGrallocType() { return GRALLOC_TYPE_MINIGBM; }
+
 uint32_t MinigbmGralloc::createColorBuffer(void*, int width, int height, uint32_t glformat) {
     // Only supported format for pbuffers in gfxstream should be RGBA8
     const uint32_t kVirglFormatRGBA = 67;  // VIRGL_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM;
diff --git a/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocMinigbm.h b/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocMinigbm.h
index 2542d0d3c41..1abd5ab7e01 100644
--- a/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocMinigbm.h
+++ b/src/gfxstream/guest/android/GrallocMinigbm.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ namespace gfxstream {
 
 class MinigbmGralloc : public Gralloc {
    public:
+    GrallocType getGrallocType() override;
+
     uint32_t createColorBuffer(void* rcEnc, int width, int height, uint32_t glformat) override;
 
     int allocate(uint32_t width, uint32_t height, uint32_t format, uint64_t usage,